Improvement in clothes-wringers



as. CATHCART Improvement in Clothes-Wri'ngers. No. 131,392.

Patented Sep.17,1872.

UNITED STATES PATELTI RODNEY s. OATHOART, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THE QUEEN CITY WBINGER COMPANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part. of Letters Patent No. 131,392, dated September 17, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RODNEY S. Cnrnonar, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvemeut in Glothes-Wringers, of which the following is a specification:

Nature and Objects of Invention.

Description of Drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wringer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of my invention, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.

General Description.

A A are the uprights of any customary wriuger, divided below into two parts, a b a b, the inner one, a a, being chamfered away upon its edge to enable it to fit the interior of a circular tub, B. The outer ones, I) 1), contain vertical cylindrical chambers 01-, in which rotate freely cylinders D of brass or other suitable material, perforated and screwthreaded for the passage of the clamptscrews E E, which have upon their inner ends dished and swiveling'circular heads F F. A flaring slot, e, cut through the outer portion of the wood allows the shank of the screw to swing to and fro through its extent, while the corresponding slots ff cut through the inner portion are enlarged to form circular recesses into which the heads F F may be retracted. The liberty of vibration thus given to the clampscrews allows them to be set at such angles to the uprights A A as to make the shank of the screw radial to the curvature of the tub to which the wringer is attached, so that the dished circular heads may press squarely against the periphery of the tub, and by the action of the screws draw the chamfer a a firmly against its interior, thus securing the wringer strongly to its place, as seen in Fig. 2, which shows the fitting of the wringer to the smallest tub to which'it is adapted. For a larger tub the inclination of the screws would be less, while for the square washer they would be at right angles to the line of the rollers; but in all cases the heads F F press flatly and firmly against the surface of the tub and hold the wringer steadily in its position.

Claim.

In testimony of which invention I hereunt set my hand.

RODNEY S. OATHGART. Witnesses:

HENRY MILLWARD, J. L. WARTMANN. 

